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Y f !, 2.(T. I Know W hy the Caged Bird Sings MAYA A N G E L O U. Level 6. R eto ld by Jacqueline Kehl Series Editors: Andy H opkins and Jocelyn Potter RLRFANTA Contents page Introduction V. C hapter 1 G rowing U p Black 1. C hapter 2 T he Store 2. C hapter 3 Life in Stamps 9. C hapter 4 M om m a 13. C hapter 5 A N ew Family 19. C hapter 6 Mr. Freeman 27. C hapter 7 R e tu rn to Stamps 38. C hapter 8 Two W om en 40. C hapter 9 Friends 49. C hapter 10 Graduation 58. C hapter 11 California 63. C hapter 12 Education 71. C hapter 13 A Vacation 75. C hapter 14 San Francisco 87. C hapter 15 M aturity 93. Activities 100. /. Introduction In Stamps, the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really; absolutely know what whites looked like. We knew only that they were different, to be feared, and in that fear was included the hostility o f the powerless against the powerful, the poor against the rich, the worker against the employer; and the poorly dressed against the well dressed.)

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1924). He was the son of escaped slaves and wrote about a bird in a cage which has beaten the bars until its wings are bruised. Its song is not a song of joy, but a prayer for freedom. The years after this were some of Maya’s best as a writer and a poet. She wrote articles, short stories, poems, songs, and music for ...

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